The myth of Hero and Leander : the history and reception of an enduring Greek legend / Silvia Montiglio.

The scope of this book
The (nebulous) origins of the Tale and its (nebulous) literary beginnings
Seduction, love and athleticism : Leander (and Hero) in Roman literature and Culture
The exemplary lover
Why will Leander swim? Heroides 18 and 19
From emblem of lust to bridegroom
Hero's selfishness according to Fronto
Not only a love story
Outside of literature
Musaeus' Hero and Leander, or 'Love against the world'
A brief introduction
Darkness and light
The bold lover
The fearless swimmer
Leander's native land
The obstacles to the couple's marriage
The urgency of passion
Love conquers all
A neoplatonic allegory?
Lustful fornicators or courtly lovers? The legend in medieval European literature
Part One : Neo-Latin texts
Part Two : French literature
Part Three : Germany and the Low Countries
Part Four : Italian and Iberian literature
The Tale as Musaeus told it : Hero and Leander in Medieval Greek literature and the diffusion of Musaeus' poem in Europe
Musaeus' fame in the Byzantine Period
The novelist Musaeus
Caring about locality : East versus West
And they loved happily ever after : The sequel to the Tale according to Giovanni Grasso
Musaeus enters Western Europe, or how to advertise a poet
Epilogue : Looking back and looking forward.